Boat motor flushing tank and hanger



Dec. 9, 1952 KlEFER 2,620,812

BOAT-MOTOR FLUSHING TANK AND HANGER Filed Jan. 30, 1950 2 l 26 Fig. 2.

till? Ill Joseph E. Kiefer INVENTOR.

BY nan flaw 3M Patented Dec. 9, 1952 BOAT IVIOTOR FLUSHING TANK AND HANGER Joseph E. Kicfer, Alamo, 'llex.

Application January 30, 1950, Serial No. 141,289

3 Claims.

This invention comprises novel and useful improvements in a boat motor flushing tank and hanger, and more specifically pertains to a stand for outboard motors comprising a combined flushing or cleansing tank and a support for an outboard motor.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved supporting stand which is specifically adapted to support conventional outboard motors in a convenient manner and positioned for cleansing the same; and to provide improved means for flushing or cleansing the lower portions of outboard motors and preventing splashing the contents of the flushing tank from the same.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of a portable base having a flushing tank mounted thereon together with an inclined supporting standard whose upper end overhangs the tank for supporting an outboard motor upon the standard with its lower portion disposed within the flushing tank.

A further important feature of the invention resides in the provision of an improved baffle assembly secured to and forming a part of the flushing tank together with a detachable shield forming an extension of the bafiie assembly and having releasable spring clips for detachably securing the shield to the bafile and about the lower portion of the outboard motor.

These, together with various ancillary features and objects of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the improved stand for outboard motors which forms the subject of this invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical central longitudinal sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical fragmentary sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the arrow 3 in Figure l and showing the resilient fastening means for securing the shield to the bafile; and

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the a section line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, attention is directed first to Figures 1 and 2,

wherein it will be seen that the numeral It indicates a base or support of any desired shape and construction which, as illustrated, consists of a triangular frame which is rendered portable by the application of caster wheels or the like 12 to the corners of the same. Secured in any desired manner to and resting upon one corner of the triangular frame It is a tank 14 having an open upper end and constituting a flushing tank and which is adapted to be filled with a cleansing or a flushing fluid, to about three-fourths of its height, as indicated by the line IS in Figure 2.

The base or stand further includes a standard indicated generally by th numeral l8 and which may conveniently comprise a pair of parallel inclined upwardly extending beams 20 which, at their upper ends, overhang the tank M, and are rigidly interconnected by a transverse plate or panel 22 of any desired construction. Secured between the two beams 20 and below the panel 22 is a rack or tray 24 adapted to receive tools and similar objects pertaining to the cleansing and flushing of an outboard motor, a conventional. form of such motor being indicated generally by the numeral 26. As is well known, the customary outboard motors include propeller shaft housings 28 depending from the motors, which are provided at their lower extremities with marine propellers 3!). Such an assembly further includes a clamping bracket 32 by means of which the outboard motor is customarily detachably mounted upon a portion of a boat for constituting a power plant for propelling the same.

As will be more apparent from Figures 2 and 4, the flushing tank Ill is provided with an antisplash baffle 34 secured to the inside wall of the tank at its upper end and preferably terminating substantially flush with the upper rim of the tank. This baffle may conveniently consist of a flat, U-shaped sheet of metal having its end welded or otherwise rigidly attached to the inner wall of the tank I4 as by welded joints 36,

As so far described, it is contemplated that the outboard motor assembly 26 may be lowered in a vertical position into the tank and within the baffle 34 into the position shown in Figure 2, and may then be firmly mounted in this position by attaching its clamping means 32 to the transverse panel 22 of the standard [8. In this position, the propeller and propeller housing are immersed in the liquid of the tank whereby cleansing and flushing of the motor are facilitated While the motor is conveniently supported and 3 mounted for easy access to the working parts of the same by the repair man.

However, an additional baffle and shielding means is provided which may conveniently consist of an elongated strip of sheet metal bent into a substantially U-sh-aped configuration corresponding to that of the baille 34, and which may be mounted detachably upon said bafile.

This detachable shield, indicated generally by the numeral 38, is provided with upwardly and outwardly inclined side walls 40 which, at their lower ends, are coterminous with the upper edge of the baffle 34. The ends of the shield 38 are adapted to terminate adjacent the rear of the panel 22 and within the parallel beams 20 of the standard. Means are provided for detachably securing the shield 38 to the baffle 34.

This fastening means, as shown in Figure 3, may conveniently comprise a plurality of resilient fingers 42, each having its lower portion secured to the exterior surface of the upper portion of the baffle 34 by any suitable fasteners such as rivets, or the like, 44, these resilient fingers 'extending upwardly above the upper edge of the battle. Adjacent their upper ends, the fingers are provided with inwardly extending lateral projections '46 terminating at their upper extremities in curved ends =48 constituting finger grip portions. The lower :portion of the walls 40 of the shield 38 are provided'with suitable aper- I tures 50 for the reception of the projections or detents 45 carried by the spring fingers 42. It will thus be seen that the plurality of fingers have their detent portions 48 resiliently and releasably received in the apertures '50 of the side walls '40 of the shield 38, whereby the latter may be releasably but firmly secured to form a continuation or upward extension of the 'baflle 34.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and operation of the device together with its many advantages will be readily understood, and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction shown and described, but all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

"Ward extension of said ba'ffle, and means releasably securing said shield to said baflie.

2. A stand for outboard motors comprising a base, a tank on said base, a supporting standard on said base having its upper end above said tank, a bafile rigidly attached in the upper end of said tank for receiving the lower end of an outboard motor when the latter is clamped to said upper end of said standard, a shield forming an upward extension of said baffle, means releasably securing said shield to said baffle, comprising upstanding resilient fingers attached to said baiiie, and means releasably attaching said fingers to said shield.

3. A stand for outboard motors comprising a base, 'a tank on said base, an inclined supporting standard on said base having its upper end above said tank, a U-shaped baflle rigidly secured in the upper'end of said tank for-receiving the-lower'end of an outboard motor when the latter is clamped to said upper end of said standard, a shield having a lower edge coterminous with the upper edge of the U-shaped baffle, said shield having upwardly and outwardly inclined side walls, and spring fingers attached to said battle and engaging said shield.

JOSEPH E. KIEFER.

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